Next, I read "A treasury of Victorian murder" which highlighted some of the societal conditions before delving into some of the era's most abominable murders. Then I got "The Lindbergh Child. " The complex case is broken down as simply as possible by Geary, including the lingering mysteries and theories of the crime.

I can't say enough good things about this author and his ability to winnow down the most important facts about a case. He can also depict emotion of all kinds with just a few pen strokes. Gruesome though the topics may be, they are all rooted in history. Next up for me is Geary's "Jack the Ripper: a journal of the Whitechapel murders 1888-1889."